Adelaide "Ada" Dalton Levine, age 8
Our first child was Ada. Declan and I both love the name Adelaide, and since I took his last name, I wanted my maiden name to be her middle name. Only a few weeks after she was born, Declan and I realized that she was not one for sitting around doing nothing, and we decided to nickname her Ada to better fit her get-up-and-go personality. I think Ada looks like Declan because of her ski-slope nose, freckles, and hazel eyes, but Declan says she looks like me because of her curlycurlycurly auburn hair and her Cupid's bow lips. Either way, she's beautiful, but not in the traditional "blond hair and blue eyes" way.

Ada is a spunky and creative child; she loves to play outside with her friends and she loves musical theatre. She got cast as Annie in her school play. Sometimes I take her out to the theatre and she LOVES it. When asked what she wants to be when she grows up, she will reply, "I want to be Bernadette Peters." I can already tell that she will be huge one day, and I love her to death.

HugoWilloughby Levine, age 6
About a year and a half after Ada was born, I got pregnant with our second child, a boy. Up until he was born, Declan and I were sure that his name was going to be ShilohBenedict. In the delivery room, I held our beautiful new baby boy while everyone cooed "Hi, little Shiloh." After a few minutes, I broke the quiet serenity around us, and said too loudly, "No. That's not his name." After everyone calmed down, Declan and I discussed it, and we finally agreed that he was much more of a Hugo than a Shiloh. Funny how we just knew in the two or three hours he'd been alive.

This time around, there's no denying who Hugo looks more like. He is almost an exact replica of Declan, with his angular but friendly jaw, freckles, hazel eyes, and sandy blonde hair. All of the girls in his 1st grade class (who don't think he has cooties) think he's cute, and it looks like he will grow up to be a handsome young man one day. Hugo is my little sweetheart, loves to help his mommy with tasks around the house, and has recently started asking to read his own bedtime story to me. Hugo likes to be outside with his friends, but would much rather be inside with his parents and sisters, drinking hot cocoa and telling stories. He loves Ada, and looks up to her. When Meredith was born, he took it on to be the best big brother ever. He loves to entertain her. Hugo is very verbally smart, was reading at a young age, and I can see him being a writer or teacher in the future.

MeredithCosette Levine, age 2
About a year after Hugo was born, Declan and I were going to try to have another baby, but was very hard for us to conceive. We went to all kinds of clinics, cut out certain foods from out diets, even took special medication. Nothing seemed to work, and we eventually gave up after two years of trying. A few months later, I found out I was pregnant with a baby girl. We decided to name her Meredith, after her great-grandmother, and Cosette, which, if traced back, means 'victory.' Also, both those names are theatre names, and we liked that connection as well. Meredith has soft curly brown hair, enormous hazel eyes, freckles, and a button nose. (She was the only one of my kids to inherit my button nose!)

Meredith is young, but she already has a very distinctive personality: very smart, but also laid-back and positive. Meredith rarely cries. She will sit quietly for hours, watching Hugo read. She adores Ada and Hugo, and smiles at just about anything. I don't know a lot about her yet, but I know that she will grow up into a beautiful young lady with lots of brains and lots of friends.

10 year old Jack looks just like his dad. He has short brown hair and bright blue eyes. He wants to be like his dad when he grows up and fix peoples brains, or that's how he sees it. He is a great older brother to all of his younger siblings, but he enjoys his own space reading and going on bike rides with Noah.

9 year old Noah looks much like his dad and big brother but with my mom's green eyes. He wants to be a professional dirt biker when he gets older and he spends most of his time out of the track him, Leo, and Jack built. He is my challenge child, always pushing boundaries and going further than he should. He loves doing everything his big brother does.

7 year old Elsie looks much like her grandma, with red hair and green eyes. She is a sweet little girl, very girly. She loves playing house and helping me in the kitchen, she also loves having younger siblings. She doesn't like to get dirty, so she spends most of her time inside with Ivy and Grace. She's my bossy girl, and sometimes you wonder if she's older than her two big brothers because they actually listen to her.

5 year old Ivy has my blond hair and pale blue eyes. She is my sweet heart. She wants to do everything I do, from caring for Owen to folding laundry at the end of a long day. She loves to help with chores and likes to spend her time with her baby brother.

3 year old Henry looks just like an Anderson with blonde hair and green eyes. He reminds me of my younger brother Ben. He spends his time with Grace, it is completely impossible to separate the two of them. They love spending their time outside chasing after bugs and our dog, Amber.

3 year old Grace also looks just like an Anderson, and is nearly identical to her brother with blonde hair and green eyes. She loves being outside, but doesn't like bugs as much as Henry does. She is never far behind her twin, they spend every second possible together. She loves animals, and has already learned how to brush Amber.

5 month old Owen is a mix of me and his dad, he has brown hair and pale blue eyes, with most of Leo's facial features but my nose. He is a happy baby, and loves all the attention he gets from his older siblings.

1.VladimirSeverusBlack (10) "Vlad"
He is obsessed with reading and learning
new things. His room has a small library,
which constantly is being added on to. He
is very intelligent. Vladimir has his father's
long black hair and grey eyes, but has my
facial structure.

2. BeauregardEliasBlack (8) "Beau"
Extremely athletic. Is an average student,
but sports are his world. He loves being a
big brother and is rather overprotective
of his brothers. Beau has my dark brown
hair and his father's grey eyes.

3. LeonidasPercivalBlack (5) "Leo"
He gets along with Vladimir the best,
because they are both quiet and focused.
However, Leo doesn't focus on academics,Leo is the artist of the family. He is
always imerrsed in a project. Leo is
said to look like my twin brother, his
namesake. Percy, my brother, has light
brown, almost blonde hair, and I have
dark brown hair. We have the same
colored brown eyes. My son, Leo has Percy's hair and brown eyes.

4. PhoenixOrionBlack (4) "Nix"Phoenix is very well rounded, already at
the age of 4. He is smart, but leans more
toward his artistic side, as he has a
fascination of fashion. He is already
taller than Leo, so he doesn't mind being
the youngest. Nix is identical to his father.
He has his long, black hair that he refuses
to ever cut, the same grey eyes and the
same facial structure.

We eventually wanted a girl, but I love
having all boys, and I have a goddaughter,
who is my brother's/ Rye's little sister's
daughter.